PLANTS Profile for Linum lewisii (Lewis flax)

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Linum lewisii Pursh
Lewis flax

Symbol:

LILE3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Linaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N


Common Names:
	prairie flax

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Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. Usage Requirements.

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Linum lewisii Pursh

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Distribution:
Linum lewisii Pursh


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, ID, KS, LA, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Linum lewisii Pursh

View 4 genera in Linaceae, 37 species in Linum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Linum lewisii var. alpicola
prairie flax

Linum lewisii var. lepagei

Linum lewisii var. lewisii
prairie flax

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Linum lewisii Pursh

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Linales
Family	Linaceae – Flax family
Genus	Linum L. – flax
Species	Linum lewisii Pursh – Lewis flax

More Accounts and Images:
Linum lewisii Pursh

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29214.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Related Web Sites:
Linum lewisii Pursh

CA-California Academy of Sciences

Forestry Images

KY-Wildflowers of Western Kentucky

NY-New York Botanical Garden Specimens

SI-Lewis & Clark Herbarium

TX-Chihuahuan Desert Gardens

USDI GS Native Plants of the Chaplin Lake Area

Time Generated: 01/17/2009 10:03 AM MST